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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what sense does the author agree that H. is with God, as some friends say?
(a) Like God, H. is all-knowing.
(b) Like God, H. responds to prayer.
(c) Like God, the author must believe H. exists without proof.
(d) Like God, H. is unimaginable.

2. What did H. say so often?
(a) "C'est la vie."
(b) "I will always love you."
(c) 'Don't let me die."
(d) "Alone into the alone."

3. Where does the author feel his loss the most?
(a) In his home.
(b) At the park.
(c) At work.
(d) In his body.

4. What does the author finally decide about the reality of death?
(a) That it is an illusion.
(b) That it brings freedom from suffering.
(c) That it is a cheap trick.
(d) That is certainly exists.

5. What religious form would an introduction of a bad God take, according to the author?
(a) Distorted Anglican theology.
(b) An Eastern religious idea.
(c) A sort of extreme Calvinism.
(d) A Roman Catholic idea.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first chapter, what does the author say is the most "disquieting symptom"?

2. What was the difference between the author's and H.'s sufferings?

3. How do some of the author's friends try to console him?

4. How long were the author and H. married?

5. In the second chapter, what does the author reason God must do if He hurts people so in this life?

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